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Topic: Helmet Sculpt in polyurethane foam **PICS** |
Katachi
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Forum: Costumes & Equipment Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 1:51 pm Subject: Helmet Sculpt in polyurethane foam **PICS** |
wow man, great work!
Where do you buy polyurethane foam blocks that large? Art supply store? Online? I loves me some polystyrene sheet carving, but that stuff looks like it'd be a lot better to wor ... |
Topic: Painting formed plastic to look like wood? |
Katachi
Replies: 8
Views: 4284
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:15 pm Subject: Painting formed plastic to look like wood? |
Holy shit, you guys have to try this woodgrain technique. I botched several things and it still turned out pretty awesome!
Sorry I didn't take pics of each step, but here's what I did:
The Mohaw ... |
Topic: Painting formed plastic to look like wood? |
Katachi
Replies: 8
Views: 4284
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:31 pm Subject: Painting formed plastic to look like wood? |
Just thought I'd add that it looks like you can order the Mohawk spray wood finishes directly from their website:
http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=tone+finish&sp-k=&sp-a=sp1002b326&sp ... |
Topic: Sup, propmakers! |
Katachi
Replies: 7
Views: 4083
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Forum: Introduce Yourself Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:27 am Subject: moreelectric.com nichrome coils |
If anyone had any doubts about ordering their NiChrome wire over the internets from http://www.infraredheaters.com/nicrcoil.htm , don't worry. I ordered mine on Monday and it arrived Wednesday. The on ... |
Topic: Painting formed plastic to look like wood? |
Katachi
Replies: 8
Views: 4284
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:46 am Subject: Painting formed plastic to look like wood? |
Dude, that is an AWESOME tutroial... nice find!
Yeah, it's the best tutorial for this I've seen to date. I've had that one bookmarked for a couple years now, but believe it or not, I've never trie ... |
Topic: Greetings, fellow Programs! |
Katachi
Replies: 7
Views: 4193
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Forum: Introduce Yourself Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:27 pm Subject: Greetings, fellow Programs! |
Gotta love that MDF. What tools do you use to work with it? |
Topic: Painting formed plastic to look like wood? |
Katachi
Replies: 8
Views: 4284
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 1:16 pm Subject: Painting formed plastic to look like wood? |
I searched through the forum and haven't been able to find any leads on how to paint a prop blaster stock to resemble a wood stock and I haven't seen anything.
If you haven't seen Cushman Paintball ... |
Topic: SMARCH: Tip of the month! Lousy Smarch weather! |
Katachi
Replies: 6
Views: 7247
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Forum: Tip of the Month Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 2:12 pm Subject: SMARCH: Tip of the month! Lousy Smarch weather! |
Agreed, it's not a paint booth, but I was really thinking more about a door that you could see and work through, to help hold in the heat. No rubber gloves, but a window to see what you were doing, ... |
Topic: SMARCH: Tip of the month! Lousy Smarch weather! |
Katachi
Replies: 6
Views: 7247
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Forum: Tip of the Month Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:19 pm Subject: SMARCH: Tip of the month! Lousy Smarch weather! |
Great tip! Good idea. I can see adding a set of holes, that you can put your arms through, to help keep the warm air in. What do you do for venting the fumes etc?
I don't. It's not a fume hood or a ... |
Topic: Hello All! |
Katachi
Replies: 5
Views: 3505
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Forum: Introduce Yourself Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:37 pm Subject: Re: Hello All! |
Things I'm interested in making are molds/casts of my real steel
firearms, then modify the into sci-fi style guns. Just keeping an
open mind and trying new things out. lol
Cheers!
I can de ... |
Topic: SMARCH: Tip of the month! Lousy Smarch weather! |
Katachi
Replies: 6
Views: 7247
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Forum: Tip of the Month Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:21 pm Subject: SMARCH: Tip of the month! Lousy Smarch weather! |
If anyone's tried to spraypaint a prop or get fiberglass to cure in the garage in the winter when it's like 30-40 degrees, you know what I'm talking about here. Deadlines are deadlines and you can't v ... |
Topic: Sup, propmakers! |
Katachi
Replies: 7
Views: 4083
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Forum: Introduce Yourself Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 12:58 pm Subject: Sup, propmakers! |
Oh crap, sorry for the month long delay! Winter is "how the hell am I gonna get all this spraypaint and fiberglass work done when it's -9 outside and 10 degrees in the garage???" season. (I' ... |
Topic: Chrome from a can |
Katachi
Replies: 4
Views: 7157
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Forum: Costumes & Equipment Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:12 am Subject: Chrome from a can |
A few years ago I did some test, trying to find a decent solution for my Cylon helmet, here is that experiment:
Jim
I had a thought the other day while I was thinking about how to go about makin ... |
Topic: Sup, propmakers! |
Katachi
Replies: 7
Views: 4083
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Forum: Introduce Yourself Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:00 am Subject: Sup, propmakers! |
Welcome to the board.
Sounds like you have some great knowledge. Would love to see some of your projects.
As for needing a vacuum form table... well, everyone NEEDS one! LOL.
Jim
Let me s ... |
Topic: APRIL Tip of the Month |
Katachi
Replies: 3
Views: 5924
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Forum: Tip of the Month Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:50 pm Subject: APRIL Tip of the Month |
UMR all the way. I've never had a problem with it. Ever. I don't know how you guys feel about Oomoo, but personally, I hate it. 95% of my molds are PMC-121/20 or PMC121-30, and UMR has been very good ... |
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